Thursday, April 1
11:15 AM-12:15 PM
EDT
Room 1

School After COVID: Lessons Learned and Opportunities Gained

Keynote Conversation ID: 58950
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    Kerry Rice
    Boise State University

Abstract: The coronavirus pandemic disrupted education in ways no one could have imagined. Some have suggested that this crisis will change our educational systems in a permanent way. My hope is that it will change for the better. Perhaps it is the forced change that we needed to move away from antiquated systems that rely on ways of teaching and assessment of learning that don’t necessarily serve the needs of the most important stakeholder, the learner. Remote learning forced a shift in mindset and perspective and an understanding that it’s effectiveness depended on student-centered instructional approaches that rely more on mastery and less on time, more on student-needs and less on institutional needs, and a better understanding of how technology is an important tool to support student learning. In addition, the technology access issues that have plagued us for years have come fully to light, prompting some pretty drastic measures and very creative solutions. We no longer have excuses for continued equity disparities in the quality of an educational experience or the access to one. This talk will focus on reflecting on our lessons learned and how we might move forward after the crisis has passed. Biography: Kerry Rice is a Fulbright Scholar and Professor in the Department of Educational Technology at Boise State University. Her research focuses on best practices in K-12 online and blended education and includes policy analysis, Delphi and mixed methods studies, and large-scale program evaluations using both traditional and emerging methods in data mining and deep learning analytics. She is a former middle school teacher and author of Making the Move to K-12 Online Teaching: Research-Based Strategies and Practices (Second Edition; 2020).

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